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Coconut Bacon Golden Salad Dressing Walnut Parmesan Coconut Bacon ½ cup coconut flakes (not In a small bowl, combine coconut flakes, soy sauce, and maple shredded coconut) syrup. Stir until the coconut flakes are well coated with sauce. 2 tsp soy sauce Grease a medium skillet and add the coconut flakes. Cook over 2 tsp maple syrup medium heat for approximately 5 minutes. The coconut flakes should become very fragrant and browned. Remove from heat and set aside Serve with avocado toast! Recipe from Project Sunny: http://www.project-sunny.com/blog/southwest-cobb-salad-coconut-bacon Golden Salad Dressing 1/4 cup olive oil Combine all the ingredients in a blender or food processor, 3 tablespoons fresh lemon scraping down the sides every so often. Thin with more water juice until dressing is smooth and fluid. Taste and adjust, adding more 2 tablespoons sunflower miso if need be. Set the dressing aside or refrigerate until ready to butter (almond butter or use. tahini can be used as well) 2 tablespoons water, more to thin Recipe from Dolly and Oatmeal: 1 tablespoon white mellow http://www.dollyandoatmeal.com/blog/2016/3/2/crunchy-crusted-sweet- miso potato-lunch-bowl-w-golden-dressing 2 teaspoons fresh turmeric (or 1/2 teaspoon dried ground) 1 teaspoon maple syrup (or sweetener of choice) 1 clove garlic Fresh pepper Walnut Parmesan 1 cup walnuts, toasted or Place the ingredients into a food processor and pulse until a raw chunky crumble is remaining. ¼ cup nutritional yeast 1 teaspoon mellow miso ½ teaspoon salt Recipe from Sweet Potato Soul: http://sweetpotatosoul.com/2017/03/best-vegan-lentil-meatballs.html Dark Chocolate Silk Pie Crust 1/2 cup oat flour ground certified gf oats 3/4 cup almond flour ground almonds, grind with some oats or starch for a finer grind 1 Tbsp cornstarch 1 Tbsp flax meal 3 Tbsp sugar 1/8 tsp fine sea salt 1/4 cup cocoa powder 1 Tbsp more for dark chocolate crust 1 Tbsp solid coconut oil 1 Tbsp olive oil 1-2 Tbsp almond milk Filling 1 15 oz can full fat coconut milk 1.5 Tbsp cornstarch 1 Tbsp cocoa powder 1/4 cup ground raw sugar 3 oz Theo 70% or 85% dark chocolate bar 2/3 cup or 3 oz chocolate 3 Tbsp vegan semisweet chocolate chips 1 Tbsp coconut oil 1 tsp vanilla extract Crust In a bowl, add all the dry ingredients and whisk. Add in the oils and mix until crumbs. Add the almond milk and mix into a smooth stiff dough. Roll out the dough between 2 parchment sheets to slightly larger than a 9 inch circle. Place in a greased pie pan and shape and seal edges. Chill for half an hour in the refrigerator. Prick holes. Bake for 16-17 mins at pre-heated 350 degrees F / 180ºc. Filling Add coconut milk, cornstarch, sugar and cocoa powder to pan and whisk to mix the sugar well. Heat at medium heat and bring to simmering boil. The mixture will thicken as it starts to simmer. cook for another minute. total 8 to 9 mins. Take off heat and cool for a minute. Add the dark chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, coconut oil, vanilla let sit for a minute. Whisk until all the chocolate melts and gets smooth. Taste and adjust sweet at this point. Pour the mix into the baked and cooled pie shell. Chill for a few hours or Freeze for 1-2 hours to make it easier to slice. Slice, thaw slightly and serve. Decorate with cashew cream or whipped coconut cream. Recipe from Vegan Richa: https://www.veganricha.com/2014/05/dark-chocolate-silk-pie-with-chocolate.html .
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